NBA: I haven't played a game but I'm full of talent

After a lapse of one day, the second game between the Suns and the Clippers was played again at the Phoenix West Arena.

Before the game, the atmosphere of the two teams was completely different.

David Stern is still in Phoenix. Two days ago, he presented Ling Yang with the best rookie and best defensive player awards before the game.

And tonight, he will present Steve Nash with the regular season MVP award.

Amid the cheers of more than 2 people at the American West Arena, Nash took over the MVP trophy from Stern and held it high. He has won the heavy honor of the regular season MVP for two consecutive seasons.

Such a scene made the entire Suns team confident and relaxed. Coupled with the big victory in the previous game, the entire Suns team was very happy.

On the other hand, the atmosphere of the Clippers is relatively dignified.

Dunleavy has been cheering for the Clippers for the past two days, and at the same time he is also training new defensive tactics. At this moment, the entire Clippers team has serious expressions on their faces.

"The award ceremony is over and the game will start soon. Hey, the Clippers have adjusted their starting lineup."

The commentator was still the TNT duo partner Sun Voice El-McCoyin. After the starting lineups of both sides were played on the big screen, McCoyin was surprised.

At this moment, Ling Yang and others also looked up at the big screen one after another, watching the starting lineups of the two teams.

The Suns have made it clear before the game and continue to maintain the lineup of the last game. After all, the lineup of Stoudemire, Marion, Ling Yang, Bell, and Nash in the last game worked very well.

On the Clippers side, the two were adjusted at once. The center is no longer Kaman, but Vladimir Radmanovic, the power forward continues to be Elton Brand, and the small forward It was no longer Thornton, but back to Corey Maggette.

The backcourt continues to be the combination of Mobley and Cassel, which has not changed.

"Vladimir replaced Kaman in the starting lineup, Maggette returned to the starting lineup, Charles, Kenny, what do you think of the Clippers' lineup adjustment?"

El-McCoyin asked the two of them. In the commentary booth, the three commentators immediately began to analyze the lineups of the two sides.

As for Suns players such as Ling Yang who are about to play, they didn't think too much about it.

Mike D'Antoni glanced at the Clippers' starting lineup, and then continued to say to the Suns: "Continue to implement our tactics, rhythm! Be sure to bring the rhythm as much as possible..."

After a simple arrangement, the starting players of both sides walked onto the field together.

Stoudemire and Radmanovich jumped the ball, Ling Yang and others were ready to attack, but this time Stoudemire jumped a little earlier, but it was Rademar Norwich flicks the ball into Cassell's hands.

Cassell dribbled the ball into the half court, and the team's two top scorers, Brand and Maggette, both pulled away at this time, and they didn't mean to catch the ball and attack.

The Clippers even played a pick-and-roll tactic at this time, but it was Kassel and Radmanovich who picked and rolled.

This pick-and-roll just hit the two weakest defensive points on the field. Cassel directly broke through Nash's defense. When Stoudemire retreated to defend, Cassel hit the ground and passed the ball The ball was split into the hands of Radmanovic in the middle distance.

...As a European player, Radmanovic also has one-handed shooting. At this moment, he received a pass from Cassel in the open space and made a direct shot, making a two-pointer.

After the opening, the Clippers actually used a tactic that the Suns are best at to complete the offense, which surprised everyone a little.

When it was the sun's turn to attack, Nash quickly advanced with the ball, but he didn't get a chance to attack directly. The Clippers' retreat was very timely.

Falling into halftime, Nash made a gesture, and Stoudemire immediately put up the pick and roll for Nash.

As a result, the Clippers' defensive attention immediately focused on Nash and Stoudemire.

Ling Yang, who was originally on the bottom line, also ran to the high position at this time, which once again involved the Clippers' defensive attention.

Seizing this opportunity, Bell and Marion made a screen run near the baseline to cooperate.

After Bell threw off Mobley with the help of Marion's screen, he appeared directly outside the three-point line on the right, received Nash's pass and fired directly.

"Shh!"

Three point hit!

The Clippers launched an attack again, and Kassel continued to play pick-and-roll with Radmanovich, but this time it was not Radmanovich who got the chance, but Kassel caught Nash and failed to keep up. Stoudemire missed the opportunity to make up the defense and made a mid-range jumper, which also hit.

The Clippers' offense here means that the Suns have no chance to run and bomb, and have to continue to fall into the half-court offense.

Nash played a pick-and-roll with Stoudemire again, and then it was almost a very similar tactic to the previous round. Ling Yang, who was originally in the middle distance, ran again to pull the Clippers' defense.

To Ling Yang's surprise, Maggette didn't follow so actively this time. Seeing Ling Yang rushed to the middle distance on the left, Maggette didn't follow, but fell one step behind. .

"Prevent yourself from breaking through?"

After Ling Yang saw it, he immediately understood what the other party meant, and he felt motivated, and immediately reached out to Nash for the ball.

Nash, who completed the pick-and-roll with Stoudemire, originally planned to play the ball for Stoudemire, but Radmanovic followed the ball very closely.

On the contrary, Ling Yang's chances of catching the ball seemed better, so Nash didn't hesitate, and with one hand flick, the ball fell into Ling Yang's hands.

After catching the ball, he glanced at the basket. Ling Yang didn't make a breakthrough, but raised his center of gravity with the ball to shoot.

In front of Ling Yang, after seeing this movement, Maggette quickly took a step forward.

Although Ling Yang's shooting distance does not seem to cover so far, it is not beyond the three-point line after all. Ling Yang now has a two-point shot, which has been found by many opponents. Maggette dare not directly shoot the volley at this time. Positive.

And what Ling Yang wants is exactly what Maggette is like.

Just when Maggette took a step forward, Ling Yang smashed the ball to the floor, dribbled the ball to the right with his center of gravity.

Maggette hastily took a step back, but he didn't dare to move his footsteps completely to the right, to guard against Ling Yang's change of direction at any time.

It's just this ball, but Ling Yang didn't intend to change direction at all. Just as Maggette retreated, Ling Yang suddenly accelerated!

.... Continue to kill to the right!

This day's training with the trainer and Bell made Ling Yang's breakthrough more confident. In the previous game, he sometimes deliberately changed directions, but now, he is more comfortable using various methods.

Seeing that Maggette did not block the breakthrough route, Ling Yang showed his explosive power!

As expected, Maggette was not prepared for Ling Yang's acceleration. When he reacted and wanted to stick to the defense sideways, Ling Yang had already dribbled the ball from his side and rushed directly to the basket.

Both Radmanovic and Brand rushed to the basket quickly, but Ling Yang's speed was too fast, and he had already entered the three-second zone and soared into the air in just two strides.

"boom!"

Without waiting for the two to return to defense, Ling Yang has already completed the attack with a dunk!

After the start, both teams played very well offensively. The Clippers' lineup adjustment, in the eyes of several commentators, was more like a defensive adjustment for the Suns.

However, after the start of the game, they seized the two defensive weaknesses of Nash and Stoudemire on the offensive end, and played very targeted.

On the Sun's side, although the tactics seem to be initiated from the pick-and-roll of Nash and Stoudemire, the offensive firepower is actually more concentrated on Bell and Marion.

Even Ling Yang's various movements and runs are more of a stretch to the opponent's defense line. Except for the breakthrough in the second round, there was not much offense in the next few minutes.

With 5 minutes left in the first quarter of the game, the Suns began to adjust their lineup. Stoudemire and Bell were off the field, Kurt Thomas and Barbosa were replaced, and Kaman also got a chance to play.

After 2 minutes, Ling Yang and Nash also replaced the game, and Marion and Dior fought on the field with substitute players.

At 26:28, after the first quarter, the Suns still took the lead, but the lead was not as big as in the first game.

D'Antoni looked at the players sitting on the bench, and finally chose to continue to let Nash and Ling Yang rest off the court, Marion was also replaced, and Stoudemire played again.

As a result, a lineup of Diaw, Stoudemire, Jones, Bell, and Barbosa was formed on the court.

Seeing D'Antoni's lineup match, Ling Yang frowned slightly. The strength of this lineup is good on paper. After all, Dior, Stoudemire, and Bell are all capable of starting in the team.

However, the defense is a little weaker. Except for Bell, the defense of several players is very average.

Just when Ling Yang was thinking this way, the Suns, who took the lead in attacking, made a mistake on the court. Dior held the ball in a high position and wanted to play a high-low cooperation with Stoudemire, but Stoudemire wanted to pull himself into the high position. Attacking with the ball, the ball passed by Dior directly flew out of the baseline.

The ball was handed over to the Clippers, Livingston took possession of the ball and came to half court, and the ball was handed over to the insider Kaman.

The low-post Kaman directly used his height and weight advantage to force Dior to score two points.

28:28, the Clippers tied the score.

Fortunately, the Suns' offense was also successful. Diaw continued to hold the ball in a high position, and Barbosa cut in after receiving the pass and made a layup. Kaman's slow movement and slow assist defense were still playing.

....The Clippers continued to press the rhythm to play half court, and continued to play Kaman.

Seeing that Kaman wanted to force Dior in the paint, as the Suns player with the best defensive awareness on the court, Bell couldn't help shrinking to the three-second zone to attack.

However, Kaman's speed of the ball was extremely fast. Bell had just arrived at his side, and the basketball had already passed to Mobley's hands outside the three-point line.

Fired from outside the three-point line, the old cat Mobley made a direct three-pointer.

31:30, the Clippers lead by 1 points.

This is the first time the Clippers have taken the lead in two games, which immediately changed the momentum of the Clippers.

The Suns players on the field still didn’t realize that something was wrong. In the next round, facing the Clippers’ oppressive defense, it was too late to find an offensive opportunity. At this time, Stoudemire took the initiative to pass the ball and tried to use himself. The singles help the team score.

However, with Radmanovich pushing forward and Kaman chasing after him, Stoudemire's layup ended up being capped.

Returning to the other end, the Clippers' offense was once again successful.

This time it was the talented boy Livingston who stood up this time. Using his height advantage, he attacked Barbosa and hit the board from close range.

D'Antoni frowned slightly, hesitating whether to call a timeout, and during this hesitation, Barbosa had already launched an attack.

Perhaps it was just stimulated by Livingston's attack. After dribbling to half court, Barbosa tried to hit a quick counterattack and directly broke through for a layup.

But Livingston, tall and long, followed closely, and was rewarded with another hot pot.

The deficiencies of the Suns lineup's defense were revealed at this moment. When retreating, it was obvious that the rules were not enough. Seizing the opportunity, Maggette broke through Jones' defense and made a layup in one step after receiving the pass.

At 35:30, the point difference instantly expanded to 5 points.

"drop!"

At this time, D'Antoni finally realized that something was wrong and urgently called a timeout.

With a wave of his hand, Nash and Ling Yang returned to the court.

On the Clippers side, Brand and Cassell also returned to the court, replacing Mobley and Radmanovich.

Nash returned to the court, but did not immediately solve the Suns' offensive problems.

The leading Clippers team is in full swing. Brand's defensive arrangement against Stoudemire and Kaman's defense against Dior, because Dior's strength lies in supporting rather than attacking himself, which allows Kaman to play more Hovering around the three-second zone.

And Stoudemire, who has just come back, is not so easy to fight against Brand.

The Suns' offense was blocked in the first round after the timeout. Instead, they gave the Clippers another chance. The Clippers continued to use Livingston to play point guard and beat Nash. The ball is passed to Kaman under the basket.

Dior actively returned to the defense, but did not stop Kaman's attack. Instead, he caught a foul and was scored 2+1 by the opponent.

At 38:30, with Kaman's free throw, the point difference was widened to 8 points.

"Steve continued to play the pick-and-roll with Amare. The Clippers' defense was very good. Amare didn't get an offensive opportunity. The ball was returned to Steve..."

El-McCoyin explained what happened on the field, and then said:

"I think at this time, should we consider giving the ball to Ling Yang? Ling's breakthrough kills, or it can break through the Clippers' defense!"

While McCaw Yin was saying this, Ling Yang had already reached out from the bottom line to ask for the ball.

He has also discovered now that the Clippers are more prepared for the Suns' pick-and-roll tactics than in the previous game. Under such circumstances, his breakthrough impact may be a move to break the ice.

Nash was preparing to organize another attack from outside the three-point line. At this time, he saw Ling Yang go out, thinking about Ling Yang's performance in attacking with the ball in these two games, he also moved in his heart, and quickly passed the ball.

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